2/7th Battalion

59th (2nd North Midland) Division

The 2nd North Midland Division was formed in January 1915 from the Home Service men of the Territorial Force units in the 46th Division. The Division moved to Ireland in April 1916 in response to the Easter Uprising. In January 1917 the Division returned to England in readiness for service on the Western Front, where it served from February 1917 until the Armistice.